Ferguson and Gill head to court for Heinze saga

Last updated at 11:37 20 August 2007

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill have travelled to a Premier League arbitration tribunal today to argue that Gabriel Heinze should not be allowed to join Liverpool.

The Argentina defender has asked for a three-man panel to decide whether United

gave him permission to leave the club for an agreed fee.

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Heinze wants to join Liverpool and claims he has a letter from United allowing

him to leave if a club offered a fee of £6.8million.

The club maintain however that they made it clear to Heinze both orally and by

letter that he would not be permitted to join one of their title rivals in the